Marathon running and adverse weather conditions: a miscellany.
Open Access
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 18 (4) , 261-264
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.18.4.261
Abstract
This paper considers various predisposing and corrective factors for hypothermia and hyperthermia in marathon runners. It is concluded that a race should be cancelled or deferred if the forecast suggests that certain climatic thresholds are likely to be met or crossed.Keywords
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